UK government: 700 Israeli attacks on Gaza since 2014 ceasefire
Israel has opened fire on the Gaza Strip on “at least 696 occasions”
since the August 2014 ceasefire, the UK government has told Parliament.
These incidents are in addition to 29 strikes on Gaza conducted in response to rocket fire.
The figures were provided by Tobias Ellwood, Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, citing UN
agency figures, and in response to a question by Labour MP Alex
Cunningham.
On September 4, Cunningham asked
“how many times the Israeli military have opened fire into Gaza since
August 2014; and what steps his Department is taking to prevent future
such incidents.”
